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| Dedication | |
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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Contributors | |
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| Relationships Between CNMs and CMs and Other Midwives, Nurses, and Physicans | |
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| Relationships Between ACNM-, ACC-, or AMCB-Certified Midwives and Other Midwives | |
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| Nurse-Midwife and ACNM Relationships with Nursing | |
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| ACNM and CNM/CM Relationships with Medicine | |
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| ACNM Structure and Function | |
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| Historical Roots | |
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| Membership | |
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| Governance | |
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| The National Office | |
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| The ACNM Journal | |
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| The ACNM Foundation | |
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| Communication | |
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| ACNM Honors and Awards | |
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| Support for Students | |
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| Summary | |
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| Public Health and Midwifery | |
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| Social Reformers | |
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| Child Welfare | |
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| The "Midwife Problem" | |
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| The Children's Bureau | |
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| The Sheppard-Towner Act | |
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| Title V | |
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| Maternal and Child Health Bureau | |
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| Title X | |
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| Welfare Reform | |
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| U.S. Public Health Service | |
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| Healthy People 2010 | |
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| Maternity Center Association | |
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| Summary | |
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| Midwifery Accreditation and Education | |
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| History of Accreditation in Midwifery Education | |
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| Structure and Function of the ACNM Division of Accreditation | |
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| The Process of Programmatic Accreditation | |
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| Structure and Function of the Midwifery Education Accreditation Council | |
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| Current and Emerging Issues in Midwifery Accreditation | |
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| Summary | |
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| Midwifery Education | |
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| Certification and Licensure in Midwifery | |
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| Certification in Nurse-Midwifery/Midwifery | |
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| American Midwifery Certification Board (AMCB) | |
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| Licensure in Nurse-Midwifery and Midwifery | |
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| Legal Bases for Midwifery Practice, Negligent Practice, and Liability Reduction | |
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| Legal Basis for Midwifery Practice | |
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| Medical Malpractice in Midwifery | |
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| The Liability Claim Process | |
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| The National Practitioner Data Bank | |
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| Liability Insurance | |
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| Other Forms of Liability Protection | |
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| Legislation and Policy Development | |
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| Legislation and Policy Development: Midwifery Practice Depends on It | |
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| Evolving Health Policy | |
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| Current Legislative Status of CNMs/CMs | |
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| The American College of Nurse-Midwives: Our Professional Organization | |
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| Health Care Policy Development or Preparing the Bill | |
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| Trends in Health Policy | |
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| Transformation of Health Care Affects Policy | |
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| Policy Development: The Process-How Streams Change | |
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| The Power in Politics: Money = Power | |
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| How a Bill Becomes a Law: Government 101 | |
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| Politics at the State Level | |
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| The Politically Active Midwife | |
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| Case Example | |
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| Summary | |
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| Midwifery Scope of Practice | |
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| Definition | |
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| Scope of Practice for CNMs and CMs in the United States | |
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| Core Competencies | |
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| Standards of Practice | |
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| Additional Factors Defining Scope of Practice | |
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| Summary | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Practice Structure | |
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| Practice Settings | |
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| Practice Models | |
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| Seeking a Position | |
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| Starting Your Own Practice | |
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| Marketing Your Practice | |
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| Knowing Your Impact | |
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| Practice Directors | |
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| Summary | |
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| Credentialing | |
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| Key Organizations | |
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| Terminology | |
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| The Impact of State Laws and Regulations | |
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| Obtaining Clinical Privileges in a Hospital or Health Care Organization | |
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| The Privileging Process | |
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| Denial of Privileges, Downgrading of Privileges, and the Appeals Process | |
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| Problems with Clinical Privileges | |
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| Credentialing for Managed Care Organizations | |
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| Summary | |
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| Key Points | |
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| Managed Care and Payment | |
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| Access to CNMs Under Federal Programs | |
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| Medicare | |
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| Medicaid | |
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| Military Plans | |
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| Third-Party Payers | |
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| Managed Care Plans | |
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| The Rules of Billing and Coding | |
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| Coding | |
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| Billing | |
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| Fraud | |
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| Summary | |
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| Quality Management | |
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| Definitions | |
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| Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) | |
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| National Committee for Quality Assurance | |
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| Other Organizations Addressing Quality and Safety | |
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| Patient Safety | |
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| Provider Profiling and Pay-for-Performance | |
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| Quality Management and Midwifery | |
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| Patient Satisfaction as a Quality Assurance Mechanism | |
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| The ACNM Benchmarking Project | |
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| Peer Review | |
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| Barriers to Quality Management Processes | |
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| Summary | |
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| Historical Perspectives on Research and the ACNM | |
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| Historical Perspective | |
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| Research and the American College of Nurse-Midwives | |
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| The ACNM Division of Research Is Born | |
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| ACNM and Research in the 21st Century | |
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| Professional Ethics | |
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| Definitions | |
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| Key Questions Related to the Study of Ethics | |
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| What Is the Goal of Ethical Midwifery Practice? | |
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| Summary | |
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| Ethical Duties and Obligations of Midwives: Codes of Ethics | |
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| Moral Reasoning and Ethical Decision Making | |
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| Ethical Issues in Midwifery | |
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| Summary | |
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| Women's Health and Midwifery | |
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| Women's Health in the Twenty-First Century: The Evolution of a Paradigm | |
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| Summary | |
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| Leadership in Midwifery | |
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| Examples of Excellent Midwifery Leaders | |
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| The Difference Between a Manager and a Leader | |
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| Informal versus Formal Leaders | |
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| Characteristics of a Good Midwifery Leader | |
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| Emotional Intelligence and Leadership | |
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| Organizational Structure and Culture | |
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| Building a Practice Team: The Role of the Leader | |
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| Coaching: The New Leadership Skill | |
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| The Leader and Change | |
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| Leadership and Power | |
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| Steps to Developing as a Leader | |
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| Summary | |
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| Index | |